tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223332160783907846.post1782715307630757040..comments2009-06-24T12:22:31.665-07:00Comments on Think Before You Speak!: Social Issues in The Glass Castlelil ray of sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150123506585311596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223332160783907846.post-24581431925821751552007-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:002007-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:00I agree as well that the parent's seemed to have a...I agree as well that the parent's seemed to have a disregard for their children’s public education. This feeling lead Jeanette to a crossroad to either follow her parent's lifestyle or learn from their mistakes and work harder than they had to change her life and break free from the cycle. I feel that although the parent's are to blame for the lack of the children's public education, they did home school them quite a bit and that knowledge seemed to stay with them all. The parents certainly never strived to sabotage their children; they just never saw the importance of staying in one place for their children's sake. Of course it could have been detrimental for Jeanette but she took these struggles and they fortunately made her stronger. Perhaps it was the self-sufficiency the parents instilled in her by their neglect that in turn allowed Jeanette to work hard on her own to learn and be successful. There are many roads one can take when assessing education in the novel, in the long run, but I agree with your statements because the parents were irresponsible for taking them out of school. It was just lucky for them that it drove Jeanette to work even harder.BandGeek27https://www.blogger.com/profile/05978480600967945391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223332160783907846.post-72325426281237139192007-11-11T06:22:00.000-08:002007-11-11T06:22:00.000-08:00I think that you were hitting the nail on the head...I think that you were hitting the nail on the head when you described the impact of the parents on the children's education. I just smell the irony brewing. I mean logistically speaking one would assume that because their parents were unwilling to get a life, than their children would grow up and be just the same (well at least if you don't include Maureen). I think that the fact that they realized that they needed to work towards a brighter future eventually snapped them out of the mind set that the way they lived was normal. They were wise beyond their years even without the encouragement by their parents.turtlebob106https://www.blogger.com/profile/01727722624768602117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223332160783907846.post-57416895279473056132007-11-10T19:59:00.000-08:002007-11-10T19:59:00.000-08:00I definately agree that a child's parents play a k...I definately agree that a child's parents play a key role in a child's successful or unsuccessful education. It is as if Jeanette succeeded in spite of her upbringing, rather than as a result of her childhood. But her parents were smart individuals and did homeschool them on some level (I vaguely remember Walls' recalling learning physics at a young age), so i don't know if the Walls kids were just lucky that they were smart or if on some level their parents helped them for a better future.Rigby and the Walrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755119373625582593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223332160783907846.post-17622881263752683562007-11-10T08:37:00.000-08:002007-11-10T08:37:00.000-08:00i completely agree with you in blaming a large par...i completely agree with you in blaming a large part of the children's lack of education on the parents. i also blame it on their poverty though. so many of the social issues they faced were brought about by this single issue. because they were so underprivelged, they did not make relationships with the other children and had a poor attitude toward school in general because of how they were treated due to things out of their control. i feel that if the parents had been more responsible in thier actions, such as not spending all of their money on alcohol, the children may have had a better schooling experience. for example, after jeanette got away from her family, she attended collge and graduated.all the worlds a stagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081532301586176046noreply@blogger.com